Supreme Court rules against clerk in gay marriage case
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Ana the Ist
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Well...whether or not those are actually his words is debatable. There are scholars who've concluded that it isn't likely that Jesus ever said any of the words he's been quoted on.
Regardless of that though...it isn't Jesus saying the words anymore, is it? So I'd say they were rather successful.
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And you need to brush up on your history. The USSR, Communist China, Vietnam, North Korea, and Khmer Rouge Cambodia were/are all militant atheist states.
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there is a difference between illegal and immoral.
and if she's a Christian, is in a position to have the approval over what they are asking,
then yes, she has a moral obligation to be sure that they are warned
that what they contemplate doing has eternal consequences.
look at it this way. If a highway worker knows that the bridge in the road ahead is unsafe to travel over,
isn't he obligated to warn any drivers of the danger ahead?
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Nope, pretty sure nothing in there about that. Now if you've done a duel, that's a whole other matter
"Members of the General Assembly and all officers, before they enter upon the execution of the duties of their respective offices, and all members of the bar, before they enter upon the practice of their profession, shall take the following oath or affirmation: I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case may be) that I will support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of this Commonwealth, and be faithful and true to the Commonwealth of Kentucky so long as I continue a citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully execute, to the best of my ability, the office of .... according to law; and I do further solemnly swear (or affirm) that since the adoption of the present Constitution, I, being a citizen of this State, have not fought a duel with deadly weapons within this State nor out of it, nor have I sent or accepted a challenge to fight a duel with deadly weapons, nor have I acted as second in carrying a challenge, nor aided or assisted any person thus offending, so help me God. "
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Neither. I live in the good ol' U.S. of A! Where people have the right to marry either a woman or a man if that's what makes them happy and no government employee can deny them this right that was settled upon by the highest court in all the land. I don't know if Russia or China grant people that level of freedom and I don't care because I don't live in either of those countries.
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Ana the Ist
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She's an elected official? I didn't realize her position was an elected one...
If she sticks to her guns on this, I'd imagine she'll face some heavy fines and eventually jail time. I would imagine that in Kentucky's state law, elected officials who go to jail over their jobs are probably removed from office.
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"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What's the national motto of the United States again? I forgot.
Oh yeah!
America is finally moving away from that kind of religious dominance of Christianity in this country. And I think it's about time. Hopefully soon, we will be able to move away from its exclusiveness and remove its exclusive influences in our country, like remove its marks from our national currency and out of the current pledge. We could move forward and make all religions equal in this country and not allow one particular religion to become exclusive and dominant by giving it special rights and special privileges.
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No I have not. All of these countries [in seriousness] opposed religion, as they deemed it theocratic nonsense.
From the Soviets demolishing the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow:
To the Chinese declaring a war on Church Crosses:
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You'd be surprised how often we hear it. Personally, at this point it's a bit like claiming a meteor is going to fall out of the sky and kill me. Sure...it could happen...but the reality is that it won't happen.
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no, all those Christians chose to ignore what makes a good husband or wife. or they were married to people who chose to ignore them.
either way it was not a relationship. or a true marriage.
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The Declaration of Independence carries no legal weight in the US. It is a declaration of war. It is not a law that establishes or defines the country in any official capacity, nor does our awkward national motto."When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What's the national motto of the United States again? I forgot.
Oh yeah!
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